Protection

Assured Futures is restoring unemployment cover availability to UK customers through a partnership with comparison site Comparethemarket. While unemployment cover was pulled by all providers last spring due to the pandemic, Assured...

Advisers are taking a pragmatic to return to homeworking requirements and are having to be flexible around festivities this Christmas. This morning, new rules came into effect ensuring people in England should...

Insurer MetLife UK has agreed to become underwriter for YuLife’s group life cover policies. The partnership will see YuLife continuing to own its’ customer relationships and propositional offering while MetLife will be...

Royal London has confirmed it will enter into exclusive talks about merging with LV= following the collapse of Bain Capital's deal to takeover of the mutual. At a special general meeting this...

The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) has appointed Alan Fergusson as global employee benefits practice leader. A former consultant for WBN, he joins from Beneficia where he was responsible for delivering complex projects...

Legal & General has launched an HR communication toolkit aimed at helping employers boost the value of employee benefits and wellbeing. The six-step guide, including templates, examples and checklists, has been developed...

Two highly respected figures within the protection market have told Health & Protection they believe the use of loaded premiums does not meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Fair Value and proposed...

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Alak Sharma as director of risk and compliance, subject to regulatory approval. Sharma (pictured) joins from Brightside Group where she was risk and compliance director. She is a...

Canada Life UK has appointed Stuart Robinson as chief financial officer and David Germain as chief information officer. Robinson (pictured) joins from Aviva where he was most recently interim CEO and managing...

The idea that all broker firms not conducting advised sales are bad is a myth and there should always be a place for them in the protection sector, according to Phil Jeynes,...